Apparently this one hasn’t been seen for about 30 years.
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July 10, 2006
“...7 cups, each surrounded by single rings, and at least 12 plain cups...”
July 8, 2006
July 6, 2006
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July 5, 2006
This set of pages about the ‘Prehistoric Village at Cladh Hallan’ include a lot of detail about the site and a photograph of one of the Cladh Hallan ‘mummies’ (on page III).
June 30, 2006
Lovely Iron Age glass bead found on the slopes of Birdlip Hill.
Various photos of the 1930s excavations, and the Iron Age finds.
Various items from a Bronze Age metalwork hoard found on the Hill.
Say hello to two of the original residents.
There are also some illustrations of the excavation here.
A crackly (and presumably well-travelled) shale bead found by Witts in the 1881 excavation.
Also, a leaf shaped arrowhead
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a sherd of late Neolithic pottery with tyre track pattern
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and a 1913 drawing of the barrow by Edward Burrow, which makes it look noble and intact with its stones, not the disaster described by Jane.
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An interesting photo by Witts himself, of the 1880 excavation. Also see
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A pdf about the excavation of the barrow, from the Transactions of the
Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 1938, with photos and plans.
June 28, 2006
Stukeley’s illustration of the Devil’s Den: “The Kist-Vaen in Clatford Bottom”. One of a number of views of the site in ‘Abury – A Temple of the British Druids’ (1743), online courtesy of Lithop.
Stukeley’s take on WK Longbarrow – as he puts it, fit for an Archdruid.
Part of ‘Abury – A Temple of the British Druids’ (1743) online courtesy of Lithop.
Stukeley’s illustration of the Millbarrow. Online as part of ‘Abury – A Temple of the British Druids’ (1743) courtesy of Lithop.
Extensive Report into this site, diagrams, pictures and much more
An almost surreal illustration of Silbury, from Stukeley’s ‘Abury – A Temple of the British Druids’. Online at Lithop’s excellent website.
“A prospect of Silbury hill from the spring head of the Kennet River 13 May 1724”. Stukeley’s illustration from ‘Abury – A Temple of the British Druids’ (1743).
Online at Lithop’s website.
Prospect of the Cove Abury 10 July 1723. – drawing by Stukeley in his ‘Abury – A temple of the British druids’ of 1743.
Online at Lithop’s comprehensive website.
June 27, 2006
About a third of the way down this link you can read the council’s reasoning behind granting the planning application for the burial site at Cothiemuir Wood.
Website of Native Woodland, who offer “Simple, natural burial sites througout the UK”, including the site at Cothiemuir Wood.
[edited version of submission by NativeWoodland.]